Why are scientists researching this dangerous, untested false solution to climate change, when other real solutions already exist?
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Belgium: Field trials planned of GM poplar trees for ethanol
29 FebThe Convention on Biodiversity, GM trees and paper consumption
5 FebThe CBD report on GM trees recommends a precautionary approach to the use of GM trees. A ban would be better.
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Aotearoa/New Zealand: Scion’s GE trees cut down!
31 JanScion’s trial plot of GE trees has been damaged by protesters (or perhaps by rabbits with spades).
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Taking the wood out of the trees – the pulp industry’s dangerous plans for GM trees
13 NovThe pulp industry wants genetically modified trees with less lignin. The industry’s “solution” will make things worse.
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ArborGen – the world’s biggest GM tree research company plans to get bigger
30 OctArborGen’s GM tree research in New Zealand, Brazil and the US poses a serious threat to people and forests. Yet the regulatory authorities in all three countries are ignoring the risks.
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European Forest Institute chooses to ignore the “overwhelmingly negative” social effects of GM trees
30 OctThe European Forest Institute is in favour of research into GM trees – despite an EFI discussion paper which points out the risks and dangers.
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Clear as mud: FSC’s position on GM trees
25 SepWhat, exactly, is FSC’s position on GM trees?
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Sweden: Research into GE trees risks irreversible damage to forests
27 AugA Swedish scientist is leading the way in GE tree research into flowering. The risks to the world’s forests are enormous.
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GE Trees: No solution to climate change
1 MarThe UN has included GE trees as a possible means of combatting climate change. It won’t work.
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GM trees and the Kyoto Protocol
28 JanAn interview I did on 3CR Community Radio Melbourne. Adam Breasley asked the questions.
Genetically modified trees: The ultimate threat to forests
20 DecA report by Chris Lang. Published by World Rainforest Movement and Friends of the Earth International, December 2004.
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Genetically modified trees: A step forward . . . in the wrong direction
20 DecBy Ricardo Carrere and Simone Lovera
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Genetically modified trees: Introduction
20 DecBy Chris Lang, published by WRM and FoEI, December 2004
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Does the World Bank have a position on GM trees?
1 DecDo World Bank policies allow the Bank to fund GM tree plantations? No one at the Bank seems to know.
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Brazil: Plantations, profits and GM trees
30 NovThe pulp industry is experimenting with genetically modified trees in Brazil.
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Kenya: Biotechnology, eucalyptus but no GM trees
29 NovA project to plant hi-tech hybrid eucalyptus in Kenya runs into problems.
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USA: Potlatch Corporation, FSC certification and GM trees
28 NovForest Stewardship Council standards do not allow the use of GMOs. What does this mean in practice?
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Resistance is fertile: Protests against GM trees
27 NovAs the number of GM tree experiments increases, so does the strength of resistance against GM trees.
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International legislation and GM trees
26 NovDespite the risks, international legislation on GM trees is inadequate.
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Scary genetically modified trees
15 NovPresentation at TimberWatch Plantations Seminar: Durban, South Africa, 8 October 2004.
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